ἑλίσσω
Etym. εἴλω
I. "to turn round, to turn" a chariot "round the doubling-post", Il.; so of the chariot of Day, Aesch., Eur.; ἑλ. κόνιν "to roll the eddying" dust, Aesch.; ἑλ. δίνας of the Euripus, Eur.; ἑλ. βλέφαρα id=Eur.
2. of any rapid motion, esp. of a circular kind, ἑλ. πλάταν "to ply" the oar "swiftly", Soph.; ἑλ. πόδα "to move the swift" foot, Eur.: absol. "to dance", id=Eur.
3. "to roll or wind round", as the wool round the distaff, Hdt., Eur.
4. metaph. "to turn in one's mind, revolve", Soph.; ἑλ. λόγους "to speak wily" words, Eur.
II. Pass. and Mid. "to turn oneself round, turn quick round, turn to bay", Il.; of a serpent, "to coil himself", id=Il.; of a missile, "to spin through the air", id=Il.
2. "to turn hither and thither, go about", id=Il.:—also, like Lat. versari, to be busy about a thing, id=Il.
3. "to whirl in the dance", Eur.
4. Mid. in Act. sense, "with a whirl", like a sling, Il.
5. τὰς κεφαλὰς εἰλίχατο μίτρηισι "have their" heads "rolled round" with turbans, Hdt.